How the Best Eye Covers for Sleeping Increase Your Serotonin Levels

Posted by Melissa Bamberg
on
March 03, 2015

Before the industrial period and the advent of mass-produced electric light, the sun dictated your body’s internal clock. Light triggers cortisol production and suppresses melatonin production, while darkness triggers the conversion of serotonin into melatonin, which is necessary for entering a deep sleep.

Your body’s delicate hormonal balance is a pivotal aspect of your health. However, electric light made it possible for night shift work to become a keystone of industry. Humans began to deviate from the day-night cycle, and our hormonal makeup changed as well. In this blog post, we consider how the best eye covers for sleeping can help keep your body’s internal rhythms balanced.

We recommend using only the best eye covers for sleeping better. Your eye cover blocks out light, so at night it can improve the quality of your rest, which likely suffers from artificial light. During daytime naps, which have been shown to increase mental performance and creativity, your eye cover will help you fall asleep faster, making sure your nap is all about productivity, and not wasted time trying to reach REM sleep.

If your eye cover is bead-filled, make sure it distributes the weight equally. Also consider the potential discomfort of straps and elastic bands. In the nodpod, stitching separates each bead-filled pod to gently and evenly distribute weight, and its strapless design makes it feel more like natural sleep. None of the muss and fuss of straps or bands to compromise your comfort!

During the winter months, we recommend lots of tryptophan and B6 in your diet to keep serotonin production healthy. Further, we can’t overstate the power of the best eye covers for sleeping. By stimulating melatonin production, your eye cover not only improves the quality of your sleep. Melatonin is an important antioxidant, stress, and cholesterol regulator, and is even an anticarcinogen.

A sleep mask can be the key aid in keeping your body’s serotonin and melatonin in balance. If winter sleep problems are making you irritable, snacking on cherries, a natural melatonin source, and a sleep mask-aided nap can do wonders.

The Importance of Balance

In the basic outline of the relationship between serotonin and melatonin we discussed above, no one element plays a central role in the quality of your sleep or your mood. Instead, balance is the most important part. For example, you could soak up sun and eat tryptophan-rich turkey all day, but if artificial light still pollutes your sleep environment, your body’s melatonin production will still suffer. The best eye covers for sleeping are important for maintaining balance.

Your sleep mask can be a crucial ally in your efforts to keep your body’s serotonin and melatonin in healthy balance. You’ll sleep better, feel better, and perform better, whether you’re taking a power nap or blocking out artificial light at night.